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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001028269-01-500049.txt : 20010711
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001028269-01-500049
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20010630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20010710

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			US ENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000101594
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				830205516
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06814
		FILM NUMBER:		1678249

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		877 NORTH 8TH WEST
		STREET 2:		GLEN L LARSEN BLDG
		CITY:			RIVERTON
		STATE:			WY
		ZIP:			82501
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3078569271

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		877 NORTH 8TH WEST
		CITY:			RIVERTON
		STATE:			WY
		ZIP:			82501

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WESTERN STATES MINING INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19851229
<REPORTING-OWNER>

COMPANY DATA:	
	COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LORIMER R SCOTT
	CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001065876
	STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 []
<RELATIONSHIP>OFFICER

FILING VALUES:
	FORM TYPE:		4

BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
	STREET 1:		877 NORTH 8TH WEST
	CITY:			RIVERTON
	STATE:			WY
	ZIP:			82501
	BUSINESS PHONE:		3078569271
</REPORTING-OWNER>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>edgar.txt
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 -    JUNE 30, 2001
<TEXT>

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
       LORIMER, ROBERT SCOTT
       877 NORTH 8TH WEST
       RIVERTON, WY  82501
   USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
       U.S. ENERGY CORP.
       USEG
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

4. Statement for Month/Year
      JUNE 30, 2001
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director (X) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
   (specify below)
   TREASURER, VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE, CFO
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
1. Title of Security       |2.    |3.    |4.Securities Acquired (A)         |5.Amount of        |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect       |
                           | Transaction |  or Disposed of (D)              |  Securities       |ect   |  Beneficial Ownership     |
                           |      |      |                                  |  Beneficially     |(D)or |                           |
                           |      |    | |                  | A/|           |  Owned at         |Indir |                           |
                           | Date |Code|V|    Amount        | D |    Price  |  End of Month     |ect(I)|                           |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
<S>                        <C>    <C>  <C><C>               <C> <C>         <C>                 <C>    <C>
    $.01 Par Value Common S|06/06/|S   | |15,000            |D  |$5.70      |                   |D     |                           |
tock                       |01    |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    $.01 Par Value Common S|06/06/|S   | |5,000             |D  |$5.80      |                   |D     |                           |
tock                       |01    |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    $.01 Par Value Common S|06/07/|S   | |10,000            |D  |$5.80      |20,385             |D     |                           |
tock                       |0     |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |57,233             |D (a) |                           |
tock                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |29,220             |I (b) |ESOP Benef.                |
tock                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |175,000            |I (c) |By SGMC                    |
tock                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |125,556            |I (d) |By Plateau                 |
tock                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |512,359            |I (e) |By Crested                 |
tock                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |1,581              |I (f) |By NWG                     |
tock                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
<CAPTION>
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                   |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
1.Title of Derivative |2.Con-  |3.   |4.    |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount  |8.Price|9.Number    |10.|11.Nature of|
  Security            |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and|  of Underlying     |of Deri|of Deriva   |Dir|Indirect    |
                      |or Exer |     |      | rities Acqui  |Expiration |  Securities        |vative |tive        |ect|Beneficial  |
                      |cise    |     |      | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/|                    |Secu   |Securities  |(D)|Ownership   |
                      |Price of|     |      | posed of(D)   |Day/Year)  |                    |rity   |Benefi      |or |            |
                      |Deriva- |     |      |               |Date |Expir|                    |       |ficially    |Ind|            |
                      |tive    |     |      |           | A/|Exer-|ation|   Title and Number |       |Owned at    |ire|            |
                      |Secu-   |     |    | |           | D |cisa-|Date |   of Shares        |       |End of      |ct |            |
                      |rity    |Date |Code|V|  Amount   |   |ble  |     |                    |       |Month       |(I)|            |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
<S>                   <C>      <C>   <C>  <C><C>        <C> <C>   <C>   <C>          <C>     <C>     <C>          <C> <C>
 Qualified Stock Optio|$2.75/sh|     |    | |           |   |05/01|04/30|Common Stock|29,700 |       |29,700      |D  |            |
n
 (Right to Buy) (g|        |     |    | |           |   |/92  |/02  |            |       |       |            |   |            |
)                     |        |     |    | |           |   |     |     |            |       |       |            |   |            |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Qualified Stock Optio|$2.875/s|     |    | |           |   |12/04|09/25|Common Stock|34,782 |       |34,782      |D  |            |
n
 (Right to Buy) (g)|h       |     |    | |           |   |/98  |/08  |            |       |       |            |   |            |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Nonqualified Stock Op|$2.00/sh|     |    | |           |   |12/04|09/25|Common Stock|40,218 |       |40,218      |D  |            |
tion
 (Right to Buy) |        |     |    | |           |   |/98  |/08  |            |       |       |            |   |            |
(g)                   |        |     |    | |           |   |     |     |            |       |       |            |   |            |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Qualified Stock Optio|$2.40/sh|     |    | |           |   |01/10|01/09|Common Stock|41,667 |       |41,667      |D  |            |
n
 (Right to Buy) (g)|        |     |    | |           |   |/01  |/11  |            |       |       |            |   |            |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Nonqualified Stock Op|$2.40/sh|     |    | |           |   |01/10|01/09|Common Stock|80,233 |       |80,233      |D  |            |
tion
 (Right to Buy) |        |     |    | |           |   |/01  |/11  |            |       |       |            |   |            |
(g)                   |        |     |    | |           |   |     |     |            |       |       |            |   |            |
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                      |        |     |    | |           |   |     |     |            |       |       |            |   |            |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
</TABLE>
Explanation of Responses:
Form 4 for June 30,
2001
(a)   Consists of 15,120 shares and 42,113 shares subject to forfeiture by the
Reporting person.  The 15,120
shares, issued under the USEG Restricted Stock Bonus Plan, are deemed "earned
out" by the Reporting Person:
(i) if he is continuously employed by U.S. Energy Corp. until he retires; (ii)
if he becomes totally disabled; (iii) upon
his death, or (iv) if the shares are claimed within three years following the
occurrence of (i), (ii) or (iii). The 32,113
shares, issued under the 1996 Stock Award Program vest over a 5 year period at
the rate of 20% per year and
are subject to the forfeiture conditions noted previously.  The treasurer of
USEG holds the shares in trust for the
benefit of the Reporting Person, while the non-employee directors of USEG
exercise shared voting and dispositve
rights over all 57,233 shares.  The shares do not come under the control of the
Reporting Person until termination
of employment.  The total number of shares is presently reported; distributions
to the Reporting Person will not be
separately reported.  The acquisitions of the shares by the Reporting Person
from both the Bonus Plan and the
Award Program are exempt under Rule
16b-3.
(b)   Consists of shares held in the U.S. Energy Corp. Employee Stock Ownership
Plan (the"ESOP") in an account
established for the benefit of the Reporting
Person.
(c)   Consists of shares held by Sutter Gold Mining Company ("SGMC"), a
subsidiary of USEG.  The Reporting
person is an officer of both USEG and SGMC.  The Reporting Person is not a
controlling shareholder of SGMC, and
therefore the Reporting Person does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG
shares held by SGMC, under Rule
16a-1(a)(2)(iii).
(d)   Consists of shares held by Plateau Resources Limited ("Plateau"), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of USEG.  The
Reporting Person is an officer of both USEG and Plateau.  The Reporting Person
is not a controlling shareholder of
Plateau, and therefore the Reporting Person does not have a pecuniary interest
in the USEG shares held by
Plateau, under Rule
16a-1(a)(2)(iii).
(e)   Consists of shares held by Crested Corp. ("Crested"), a majority-owned
subsidiary of USEG.  The Reporting
Person is an officer of both USEG and Crested.  The Reporting Person is not a
controlling shareholder of Crested,
and therefore the Reporting Person does not have a pecuniary interest in the
USEG shares held by Crested, under
Rule
16a-1(a)(2)(iii).
(f)   Consists of shares held by Northwest Gold, Inc. ("NWG"), a subsidiary of
USEG.  The Reporting Person is an
officer of both USEG and NWG.  The Reporting Person is not a controlling
shareholder of NWG, and therefore the
Reporting Person does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by
NWG, under Rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii).
(g)   Stock options granted under the Issuer's Incentive Stock Option Plan, and
exempt under Rule 16b-3.
NOTE:   Pursuant to SEC Rule 16a-1(a)(2), information on Plateau, SGMC, Crested
and NWG is not required,
however, Registrant
has
             undertaken comprehensive disclosure and reports shares held by
Plateau, SGMC, Crested and NWG as
indirectly owned
by
             the  Reporting Person.
             The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial and pecuniary interest
in the shares reported under footnotes
c, d, e and
f.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
       /s/   ROBERT SCOTT LORIMER
DATE
    June 8, 2001
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
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